Great Lakes Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
239 FZUS63 KMKX 170147 GLFLM OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 847 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON Lake Michigan. Waves are provided as a range of significant wave heights, which is the average of the highest 1/3 of the wave, along with the average height of the highest 10% of the waves which will occasionally be encountered. .SYNOPSIS... Modest southerly winds will prevail tonight through Monday night. Another low pressure area will then track from the northern Great Plains into northern Ontario Tuesday into Tuesday night with breezy south winds over Lake Michigan. A cold front will then slowly move southward across the lake Wednesday into early Thursday. LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-170930- Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and north of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5 NM offshore- Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI- Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- 847 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH... .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft subsiding to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt increasing to 30 kt. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft building to 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt becoming southwest. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt backing to northeast 5 to 10 kt. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 ft or less. $$ LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-170930- Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid Lake- 847 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH... .REST OF TONIGHT...South to southwest winds 15 to 25 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft. .TUESDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt increasing to 30 kt. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft building to 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 3 to 5 ft. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest 5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 3 ft. .THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt backing to northeast. Waves 1 to 2 ft. .FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft. $$ LMZ761-170930- MAFOR 1704/ MICHIGAN NORTH 13430 14420 11420. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet overnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet Monday and Monday evening. MICHIGAN SOUTH 11430 15420 11420. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet overnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet Monday. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Monday evening. $$ Gehring Experimental modernized open lake forecast is available online at weather.gov/mkx/glftable Graphical marine forecasts are available online at: weather.gov/greatlakes